More than a dozen puppies training to be guide dogs attended UCSB’s women's basketball practice Wednesday. The canine visit is a great opportunity for the pups in training and their raisers to be ...

Mark is a Sarasota resident — Mark Thornsbrough. After the urging of a neighbor, he applied for a guide dog with Dogs Inc. A lifelong runner turned bicyclist, Thornsbrough's back injury and loss of ...

Guide dogs are specially trained dogs used by people with vision loss. These canines help blind people travel safely from one place to another. They're excellent at helping a blind person avoid ...

There's power in the pup. Thanks to a recent grant from the Gracie Gagnet Memorial Fund (named for the fund owners' beloved family pet), Guide Dogs of the Desert (GDD) can address a growing need for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A collaboration between NC State, IBM, and Guiding Eyes for the Blind, a nonprofit organization, is aimed at improving guide dog training. Dogs-in-training are outfitted with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Whether you've been a 'dog person' for years or have never had a dog, you can be a puppy raiser," Leader Dogs for the Blind in ...

In 1928, a German Shepherd named Buddy became the first guide dog in the United States, revolutionizing independent travel ...

Dear reader, I was startled by a current news story about a child who had been hit by a Waymo self-driving car. Apparently, ...

"Whether you've been a 'dog person' for years or have never had a dog, you can be a puppy raiser," Leader Dogs for the Blind in Michigan shared Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She ...